BD set to host U-16 women's qualifiers

The Bangladesh Under-16 Women's football team have been placed in Group C of the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualifiers, with the country also likely to host its group’s matches, according to a Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) press release.

The official draw was concluded in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia yesterday. Group C includes Iran, Chinese Taipei, United Arab Emirates, Kyrgystan and Singapore, other than likely hosts Bangladesh.

BFF secretary Abu Nayeem Shohag informed that at the FIFA conference in Mexico a week ago, Bangladesh were told verbally by the AFC that they would host the Group C -- in which they were seeded third -- matches after they expressed interest in hosting, but an official announcement is yet to be made.

The top four teams from the last edition -- North Korea, Japan, China and Thailand -- have directly qualified for the finals. Each of the four groups will play a one-round league with the winner qualifying for the finals.